Comrade Spiridonova,

I cannot possibly leave the commission meeting (with the S.R.s) on the editing of the land law. Please apologize for me and read the enclosed statement at the congress.35

Lenin

Written not earlier than January 13 (26), —

not later than January 18 (31), 1918

First published in 1931

in the Lenin Miscellany XXI

Printed from the manuscript